Parallels and Lion and SL

[ohla313]

I am about to dive into the VM world and had a few questions. Currently I am using a 2010 2.66 MacBook Pro 13" with 8GB of RAM running Snow Leopard. I plan to install Lion on an external drive soon and later install it into my computer. The question I have is, can I use Parallels on my Snow Leopard hard drive and Lion drive? I will be going back and forth between SL and Lion and want to know if its possible.

Later on I will most likely make Lion permanent so should I keep it with Parallels?

I know Parallels 6 is out, is 7 coming out soon? Should I purchase 6 now?

Thanks for reading!

 

[ohla313]

any help?

 

[tootall]

I use Windows 7 through Parallel 6 on my Mac OS 10.7 (i.e., Lion!) (if all these numbers make sense to you)

 

[ohla313]

That's very reassuring. Thank you!

But can Parallels be used interchangeably between Snow Leopard and Lion? Or is this like a one license per "machine"?

 

[ohla313]

Can I install Parallels on my SL drive and my Lion drive? Would I be able to store my Windows image on an external drive and run it off of that when I am loaded onto either OS?

 

[balamw]

Can I install Parallels on my SL drive and my Lion drive? Would I be able to store my Windows image on an external drive and run it off of that when I am loaded onto either OS?

Yes, I even have one VM I keep on a NAS. It's just a file.

Just note that performance will be throttled by the bus speed. If you use a relatively slow external USB performance will suffer over a SATA or FW800 connection.

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[ohla313]

Yes, I even have one VM I keep on a NAS. It's just a file.

Just note that performance will be throttled by the bus speed. If you use a relatively slow external USB performance will suffer over a SATA or FW800 connection.

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I am going to put the image file on my external FW800 drive. Will that be a steady fast connection?

On another note, when is Parallels 7 coming out? Should I get 6 now or wait? Also would I install Windows 7 64bit?

 

[AisEv]

Installed Leopard vm on top of Lion system. But no network card or adapter installed. Anyone, any idea how to install an ethernet network card in Leopard vm?

 

[AisEv]

Anyone can help me solve this networking issue?

 

[ZBoater]

On another note, when is Parallels 7 coming out? Should I get 6 now or wait? Also would I install Windows 7 64bit?

It's out on the 6th. Buy 6 on Amazon for $50 and you can get a free upgrade to 7.

I installed 32 bit because I don't plan on giving my Windows vm more than 4GB of RAM. For what I run 32 bit Windows is fine.